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Evaluation of Photosynthetic Behaviors by Simultaneous Measurements of Leaf Reflectance and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Analyses
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Evaluation of Photosynthetic Behaviors by Simultaneous Measurements of Leaf Reflectance and Chlorophyll Fluorescence Analyses

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A direct light effect on maintaining photosynthetic activity of Nitella chloroplasts

I W Craig, A Gibor

    The Journal of Cell Biology
    |February 1, 1970
    PubMed

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